Song Qing

Song Qing (1820–1902) was a Chinese general of the Qing Dynasty who fought during the First Sino–Japanese War and the Boxer Rebellion.

Biography
Song Qing was born in the Shandong Province and passed imperial examinations, working as a magistrate. He led armies against various uprisings during the 1850s and 1860s, including the Taiping Rebellion, and was promoted to general. From 1880, he worked under Li Hongzhang to oversee the defenses of Manchuria against the Russian Empire.

During the conflict between Japan and the Qing Empire, Song was assigned as the commander of troops (despite being unpopular with the men) during the Battle of Jiuliancheng. It ended in a defeat, but Song later assisted General Liu Kunyi at the equally disastrous Battle of Yingkou.

After the war, he commanded a garrison in the Liaoning Province before fighting against Allied troops during the Battle of Yangcun, in the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. Song Qing died of illness in 1902.